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Since the beginning of the industrial age in the 1800s, the addition of more carbon dioxide (CO₂) and other gases (e.g., methane [CH₄] and nitrous oxide [N₂O or NOx]) to the atmosphere than can be naturally absorbed (e.g., by plants and bodies of water) is widely thought to have caused an unnatural warming of the planet.
Since the beginning of the industrial age in the 1800s, the addition of more [[CO₂|carbon dioxide (CO₂)]] and other gases (e.g., methane [CH₄] and nitrous oxide [N₂O or NOx]) to the atmosphere than can be naturally absorbed (e.g., by plants and bodies of water) is widely thought to have caused an unnatural warming of the planet.


Consequently there is a push to reduce CO₂ and other emissions to slow, if not reverse, that warming. That push is used to promote the large-scale development of wind energy and to overcome objections of cost and [[Adverse impacts of wind energy|adverse environmental effects]], as well as to avoid questions of actual benefit.<ref name=CO2>[[Carbon emissions]]</ref>
Consequently there is a push to reduce CO₂ and other emissions to slow, if not reverse, that warming. That push is used to promote the large-scale development of wind energy and to overcome objections of cost and [[Adverse impacts of wind energy|adverse environmental effects]], as well as to avoid questions of actual benefit.<ref name=CO2>[[Carbon emissions]]</ref>

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